Quotes About Etiquette

Good manners sometimes means simply putting up with other people's bad manners.

When complimented, a sincere "thank you" is the only response required.

Miss Ponsonby, his old governess, had once adjured him: When people say "How are you?" the correct answer is "How are YOU?" If you tell them how you are, you show yourself a person of inferior breeding…

There's a thin line between being rude and being honest, if it's not your business to begin with and you were not asked for your opinion... likely it's rude. If it does concern you and or you were asked for your input that's just being honest

Respect for others, and a little more common decency'." Is one of the simplest things you can do.

Respect for others, and a little more common decency'." Is one of the simplest things you can teach someone.

He can't wear them, Buck Mulligan told his face in the mirror. Etiquette is etiquette. He kills his mother but he can't wear grey trousers.

She pressed me to take some cream crackers also but I declined because I thought I would make too much noise eating them.

She never blows her nose. A form of speech: the lesser for the greater.

When a drunk gets eighty-sixed out of a bar, he's not supposed to buy drinks for the people still inside.

degree of civility I normally possess," he said. "What'd she say?

Don't wash family linen in public, or with anyone except family.

Titles are public. They are for others to notice. I expect others to address me according to my titles, but I do not address myself with them-- unless, of course, I address myself as an other.

Excuse me, sir, you got dog poop on your shoe.

Oh, hello, Mr. and Mrs. Buttington. Fanny has told me so much about you.

I texted back, thanking

What's that old saying? A well-armed society is a polite society.

Anyone who considers protocol unimportant has never dealt with a cat.

I've had fans come and knock on my door. I'm usually polite, but I'm usually very direct and say, 'It's not cool that you come here uninvited.'

We are going to have to discuss with and seek the opinions of other countries. We don't wish to offend anyone, least of all a country we hold in such deep regard as the United Kingdom.

I make a distinction between manners and etiquette - manners as the principles, which are eternal and universal, etiquette as the particular rules which are arbitrary and different in different times, different situations, different cultures.

It's very little trouble for me to accommodate my fans, unless I'm actually taking a pee at the time.

It's always been my personal feeling that unless you are married, there is something that is not very dignified about talking about who you are dating.

No one cares what you ate for breakfast. Unless it's something really spectacular, don't tweet me your breakfast, I don't care.